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"We will give him a family, and he will be our brother," Alex says in the video.

Alex also says he would share his toys with Daqneesh, invite him to birthday parties and hopes he will "teach us another language." He even says he will show Daqneesh how to ride a bike.

"The humanity that a young child can display who hasn't learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or fearful of other people because of how they look or where they're from or how they pray," Obama says in the video. "We can all learn from Alex."